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9/11Romance and the "yellow peril" : race, sex, and discursive strategies in Hollywood fiction
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-248) and index
Introduction -- The Rape fantasy: The Cheat and Broken blossoms -- The Threat of captivity: The Bitter tea of General Yen and Shanghai express -- Passport seductions: Lady of the tropics -- The scream of the butterfly: Madame Butterfly, China gate, and "The Lady from yesterday" -- White knights in Hong Kong: Love is a many splendored thing and The World of Suzie Wong -- Tragic and transcendent love: Sayonara and The Crimson kimono -- Japanese war brides: domesticity and assimilation in Japanese war bride and Bridge to the sun -- The Return of the butterfly: the geisha masquerade in My geisha and "An American geisha" -- Conclusion: the postmodern spectacle of race and romance in Year of the dragon
Author is a former Ithaca College faculty member
Introduction -- The Rape fantasy: The Cheat and Broken blossoms -- The Threat of captivity: The Bitter tea of General Yen and Shanghai express -- Passport seductions: Lady of the tropics -- The scream of the butterfly: Madame Butterfly, China gate, and "The Lady from yesterday" -- White knights in Hong Kong: Love is a many splendored thing and The World of Suzie Wong -- Tragic and transcendent love: Sayonara and The Crimson kimono -- Japanese war brides: domesticity and assimilation in Japanese war bride and Bridge to the sun -- The Return of the butterfly: the geisha masquerade in My geisha and "An American geisha" -- Conclusion: the postmodern spectacle of race and romance in Year of the dragon
Author is a former Ithaca College faculty member
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